Flying Dutchman (dinghy)

The Flying Dutchman is a Dutch planing sailing dinghy that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a high performance, one design racer and first built in 1951. ^[1]

Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Centreboard

A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK) or centerboard case (US).

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls. Flying Dutchman (dinghy) and Dinghy sailing are dinghies.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fractional rig

A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

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Genoa (sail)

A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it.

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Greenwich

Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.

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Halyard

In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard.

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The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956. Flying Dutchman (dinghy) and International FJ are 1950s sailboat type designs, classes of World Sailing, dinghies, sailboat type designs by Conrad Gülcher, sailboat type designs by Uus Van Essen, sailboat types built by Advance Sailboat Corporation, sailboat types built by Alpa Yachts, sailboat types built by Chantier Naval Costantini and two-person sailboats.

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List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

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Lockley Newport Boats

Lockley Newport Boats was an American boat builder based in Newport Beach, California.

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Monohull

right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.

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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Olympic sailing classes

The Olympic sailing classes have been used in the sport of Sailing/Yachting during the Olympic Summer Games since 1896. Flying Dutchman (dinghy) and Olympic sailing classes are classes of World Sailing.

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One-design racing

One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.

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Planing (boat)

Planing is the mode of operation for a waterborne craft in which its weight is predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift (buoyancy).

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Plywood

Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.

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Portsmouth Yardstick

The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailing (sport)

The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Shroud (sailing)

On a sailing boat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind).

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Stem (ship)

The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself.

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Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.

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Transom (nautical)

In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel.

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Trapeze (sailing)

In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman_(dinghy)

Also known as Flying Dutchman (class), Flying Dutchman class.

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See also

1950s sailboat type designs

Olympic sailing classes

Sailboat type designs by Conrad Gülcher

Sailboat type designs by Uus Van Essen

Sailboat types built by Advance Sailboat Corporation

Sailboat types built by Alpa Yachts

Sailboat types built by Binks Yacht Constructions

Sailboat types built by Chantier Naval Costantini

Sailboat types built by Lanaverre

Sailboat types built by MacKay Boats

Sailboat types built by Mader Bootswerft

Sailboat types built by Mobjack Manufacturing

Sailboat types built by Newport Boats

Sailboat types built by Plastrend/Composite Technologies

Sailboat types built by Sunbeam Yachts

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